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Ever since the publication of the Afghan war reports I have been following wikileaks more intensively as they are supporting information transparency. I recently stumbled upon the keynote held by wikileaks volunteer and tor developer Jacob Appelbaum at Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE) july 2010. He replaced Julian Assange because it was (and still is) unsafe for Assange to travel to the U.S.

The keynote starts with Appelbaum giving a message to federal agents present in the convention centre stating he has no computer, laptop phone or keys with him, only a drivers-license, a bill of rights and some money should they decide to detain him, a bizar event in itself.

Later in August when returning from a trip from the Netherlands Appelbaum was detained and questioned for three hours by the U.S. authorities as reported by the Huffington Post.

This keynote is uploaded in 11 parts on YouTube and take about an hour. It is an very special keynote which gives a lot of inside information about the vision, mission and contribution Wikileaks made. What I find particular interesting is the emotion Jacob Appelbaum expresses when he talks about why he is contributing and believing in “being the change you want to see in the world” It is an absolute must to spend some time watching and listening to this material. Start asking yourself the important questions and what you need to do in your power to change the/your/our world for the greater good.

Skip to 5:10 to skip the 5 minute introduction

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